Social Business by the Numbers

Only 12% of companies believe they use social media effectively.

Seeking the source of a specific statistic that I included in a talk? In followup to my list of websites with data relevant to social business, many people have asked for pointers to interesting data about social media, social business, and engagement. While it’s easy to think of social business as social media-like tools for use inside [...] Read more →

May I Borrow Your Job?

We're On a Mission From Hershey by iAndy

Use job exchange programs to improve organizational productivity, improve your business culture, and help everyone learn. [...] Read more →

People Power

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…This vantage point will guide my keynote at the 2012 HR Tech conference entitled, “How HR Can Drive the New Social Business.” This is a conference I’ve participated in for years because human resources stereotypes blow out quickly. People pump ideas, practices, and extraordinary energy. No single event I’ve attended has as much fuel. [...] Read more →

HR Tech Conference Recap: Evolution of a Social Industry

“I was expecting people to be dragging large sacks of rocks behind them,” said Ben Brooks, VP and Practice Leader of Human Capital Management (HCM) at a giant risk-management firm. “But it wasn’t like that at all. Speakers were forward thinking yet practical, and people at the event were talking about real business challenges in [...] Read more →